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SUBMITTER: Levy-Tzedek S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4227506 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Levy-Tzedek Shelly S Riemer Dar D Amedi Amir A
Frontiers in neuroscience 20141111
Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution devices (SSDs) convey visual information via sound, with the primary goal of making visual information accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals. We developed the EyeMusic SSD, which transforms shape, location, and color information into musical notes. We tested the "visual" acuity of 23 individuals (13 blind and 10 blindfolded sighted) on the Snellen tumbling-E test, with the EyeMusic. Participants were asked to determine the orientation of th ...[more]